The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15
KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
Wcrk oF the General Assembly in Ses-
 sion at Minneapolis.
Powder;y's Report. Iu Which He Draws the Line Between socialism and
 Anarcfy-;tis Ideas or the

Anare' y-:tis Ideas or the
 Condemned srven.
 MINSEAroIs. MIyN., October 10.-The Knights of I.abor convention opened at 9.l5 a m., with 6 motion to suspend the rules and appoint committee to draft resolutions to the memory of Thomas Armstrong.
 Foster, of Massachusetts, moved to amend by substituting a committee of seven to raise money to pay for monn- ment to hls memory. Grand Master Workman Powderly called upon Il. A. Carlton to take the chair while he de- livered tribute to Armstrong's mem- ory, after which the following telegram was read:
 PiTTsBURG, PA., October ST. V. Powderiy: Old friends of Thomas A. Armstrong representing all labor or gan sations in this city and the mi itary Organizations Cf which he was q mem- Der. organize to appropriately bury him, last night merged itself into a temporary association for the purpose Of erecting monument to his memory as one of the champions Of organized labor. A permanent organization will be perfected Friday evening and we advise you this early. asking your CO., operation in order that the General Assembly O. Knights of Labor may act appropriately in ihe premises, thus af- iordlng an opportunity for organized labor 10 redeem itself against the sian ders that 1t is not true to the memory of the nobler men who champion it's cause.
 (Sigued) WI. MARTIN, Chairman.
 j. NJ. KELLY. Secretary.
 The Committee on Credentials re- sumed business at l0:30. Petitions from locals l424, S1ll, 3592 and 3603, asking to be represented by C. J. Dris- coll. of Denver, Col. were received. The local assemblies named were at- tached to District Assembly and not emitted to representation except through the District Assembly. The petition was refused. These local assemblies are in the District Assembly that protested strongly against j. k. Buchanan.
 The credentials presented by Mrs. Marion Todd, O. Michigan, were posi- tively refused, and that lady hhd to follow in the wake of Buchanan.
 The case of District Assembly 126, of New York, Master Workman John Morrison, next came up on motion to reinstate the District Assembly. The motion to reinstate was ruled ont of order by Grand Master Powderly.
 Roll call showed 22j delegates pres ent. Routine business Of the Conven- ton is progressing so fayorably that Powderly's address will be given this evening without doubt.
 PowDERLEY's REPORT.
 This evening General Master Work man Powderly delivered his eighth ann Jal report to the convention, which was listened to attentively by the Knights in attendance. He com- menced his report as follows:
 ''To the Members of tue General As- semby: The highest tribunal known to the laws and regulations, as we'll as to the true and loyal members of the Order of tine Knights of Labor, is com Yened for the eleventh time in regular session. am to make tp the repre- sentatiyes assembled report for the eighth time. 1 ask that it will receive that consideration at your hands which its merits deserve, and that such recommendations as ! may make Will be received and acted on according to their importance and necessity. N hen the last session of the General As sembly closed, it dissolved amid the clamor of discontented men and the warning of factions. It was a large and unwieldy body, and from so many men who were up to that time stran- gers to each other, it was expecting too much to ask of them to enact per feet legislation.
 This body is smaller than it's predecessor, and 1 expect better .hings at it's hands. Ne ad burned year ago with dissension in our ranks; that dis sension was enlarged upon and scat tered to the world by enemies from within and from without. The news of d.scord reached the ears Of the enI- ployers of labor, and they in many in- stances took advantage of what they mistook for our weakness and rushed into conflict with our members in various parts of the country"
 "The relati, n of the order to anarchy has taken up so much space in the public press, and has been the subject of so much discussion in the assemblies of some large cities, that it k proper 10 speak of it here and report to you my dolugs in connection thereW ith Let me Say here that 1 have never, as has been so much asserted in the press of the land, cOnfounded socialism with anarchism. l draw a wide line of dis tinction between the two, as every reading. thinking man must. l will ask of the General Assembly to define the position of the order on the at tempts that have been made to prosti- ute it to such base uses as the ana eh- ists would put it. l have never pnb- liclY uttered senti nent regarding the course ot the seven men who arc con- demned 10 death in Chicago (this is written September 10, lSS7). | will now give my opinion. 1T these men did not have fair trial, such as is guaranteed every man in the United states, then they should be granted a new trial. If they have not been found guilty of murder they should not be hanged. Itthey are to be hanged for the actions of others, 1t is not just. The man who threw the bomb in Chicago should he hanged, and his &C., comphces should receive the punish mert allotted to such 0llenses by the laws of tho State of Illinois,"
 All letters relating to the anarchy ubiect are quoted at length. The Denver questions were given in full, and of the matter Mir Powderly said :: "l regard the whole affair as an out rage and the questions az being i'm pertinent and prompted by malice or revenge. The resolution which should pass, Is one 10 demand that every avowed anarchist be obliged to with draw from the order or be expelled. We have nothing to fear from the trade union. but everything to fear from the contaminating influence of the men who preach destruction in the name of our order, and who at the same time assert that they are social ists, while giving the lie to every prin- ciple of socialism when they advocate violence Of any kind. l believe that this report would not be complete without an explanation of my know ledge of the Home Club of New York, and the abuse and ridicule which has hqaF h0a mad f,r br